I wish the woman had shot and killed all of them. I don't think good men understand the anxiety of possible attack women deal with when they leave their house. Even if a woman has a carry permit, she has a much higher possibility of being attacked than a man does.

These men cowards made it their MO to just attack/rob women because they are weaker. It just makes my blood boil to hear a story like this. Shoot to kill the cowardly bastards.

I don't think good men understand the anxiety of possible attack women deal with when they leave their house. Even if a woman has a carry permit, she has a much higher possibility of being attacked than a man does.

Well said, Marcella. Let me add two thoughts, please:

1. Having a gun does very, very little to change the odds on being attacked. Keeping and bearing arms on a daily basis does, indeed, change one's attitude and encourage most of us to improve our awareness of our surroundings; most criminals, however, aren't skilled enough at victim selection to spot the differences. Having a gun makes all the difference in the world after the fact of an attack, of course, but doesn't do much to prevent attacks.

2. Statistically speaking, there's at least a 20% an American woman will suffer a serious sexual assault at some point in her life: rape or attempted rape, not being patted on the bottom by a high chool class mate at the swimming pool. If we, the people understood what the odds actually are, there'd be no such thing as leftist extremist so-called "gun control" on the national agenda, because millions upon millions more of us would be carrying guns.

I never once asked a concealed carry student why he or she was taking the (unfortunately state-required) class: none of my business, and I've never been the nosy kind, anyway; that said, more than a few of my women students took me aside to explain why they wanted the permit. I heard some truly horrendous stories.

At least two thirds of my students were men. At least 80% of all students were middle-aged or old. Where were the women, who are much more likely to need to defend themselves than men? Where were the young people? I can't tell you more than this: accepting responsibility for one's life and safety seems to be difficult for lots of people.

I’m all for women arming themselves, but be careful about quoting that “20% chance...women sexually assaulted in their lifeteim” claim. Many quotes about female sexual assault come from arch-radical feminists. A number of people, including Christian Hoff-Summers, have investigated those claims (and the 1 in 4 college female rape claim) and concluded they don’t hold up to scrutiny.

Im all for women arming themselves, but be careful about quoting that 20% chance...women sexually assaulted in their lifeteim claim. Many quotes about female sexual assault come from arch-radical feminists. A number of people, including Christian Hoff-Summers, have investigated those claims (and the 1 in 4 college female rape claim) and concluded they dont hold up to scrutiny.

Good point, driftless2. What do you suppose the verified number is?

For what it's worth, I acquired the 20% number mentioned above from a woman who'd been stabbed and raped and left for dead, and very nearly did die. She spent quite some while in a hospital and considerably more undergoing plastic surgery, lived in a center for rape victims some while, and eventually heard I owned a gun and asked me in a timid voice whether it was true and how people qualify for licenses to buy guns. I introduced her to shooting. She went on to become an NRA-certified trainer long before I did, and made it her business to reach out to other women crime victims.

“He looks like a fine upstanding citizen to me, kind of like the son that 0babma would have had.”

...and he looks so intelligent, too. I’ll bet he was an aspiring rapper who was almost set to turn his life around. His mama would tell you he has always been a good boy and sang in the church choir. How long until a lawsuit is filed against the evil racist white person that shot her baby?

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posted on 04/08/2013 1:21:49 PM PDT
by TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)

I got an email notice today from the NRA that the Senate would likely take up the gun bills this week. But, I thought Reid was putting those bills off because he didn't have the votes he needed and they were going to take up immigration bills this week.

I guess starting tomorrow, I'll check CSPAN thorough the day to see what the Senate is doing.

According to Hoff-Sommers, the number is maybe around 5-8% from the Justice Department, but no one really knows what the absolute correct number is. What she checked was the original story by a feminist named Mary Koss who came up with the 20% number. She and some other people found Koss’s research troubling. For instance, like many feminists, Koss didn’t ask women if they were rapedd but set up a list of factors that supposedly constitute rape but didn’t involve actual sexual intercourse. Many of the feminists assume more rapes are taking place but that many women do not report them.
Then there’s the one in four college rape claim. Again people like Heather MacDonald found a lot of the claims spurious. She checked a number of campi where supposedly female coeds were being raped and found a minuscule number of rapes had actually taken place.
I usually doubt or dismiss claims made by feminists of numbers of violence against women out of hand. That is not to dismiss any violence perpetrated against women (or any other group of people.) But like many of the claims about racial prejudice and race crimes, leftist feminists simply cannot be trusted to give correct numbers about anything related to women and violence.

I usually doubt or dismiss claims made by feminists of numbers of violence against women out of hand. That is not to dismiss any violence perpetrated against women (or any other group of people.) But like many of the claims about racial prejudice and race crimes, leftist feminists simply cannot be trusted to give correct numbers about anything related to women and violence.

How long until a lawsuit is filed against the evil racist white person that shot her baby

I don't know the race of the person who shot him. It wasn't clear from the article, but if I'd have to guess I'd guess black.* In fact if it weren't for the names and the ability to look up mug shots online, we'd never know the race of the criminals.

*MSM Crime reporting matrix

criminal race = white

criminal race = black

victim race = white

occasionally report

almost never report

victim race = black

always report

occasionally report

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posted on 04/09/2013 3:51:18 AM PDT
by from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)

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